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![The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power by Deirdre Mask cover image](/sites/default/files/styles/blog_teaser/public/content/blogs/AddressBook.jpeg?itok=o4mu1VKr)
The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power by Deirdre Mask
The Address Book explores the fascinating and little-known history of street addresses. It covers a wide range of locations and time periods, ranging from ancient Rome, 19th-century London, and Gilded Age Manhattan to modern-day Florida, Japan, South Africa, and India.
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Books To Read If You Enjoyed The Grishaverse
For those that are excited about the Shadow And Bone adaptation that is being brought to us by Netflix, we wanted to create a collection of books that you may enjoy if you enjoyed the Grishaverse series!
For curious minds who don’t know what The Grishaverse series consists of:
![Action Park: Fast Times, Wild Rides and the Untold Story of America’s Most Dangerous Amusement Park by Andy Mulvihill with Jake Rossen cover image](/sites/default/files/styles/blog_teaser/public/content/blogs/ActionPark.jpeg?itok=hhzTmHcE)
Action Park: Fast Times, Wild Rides and the Untold Story of America’s Most Dangerous Amusement Park by Andy Mulvihill with Jake Rossen
Action Park is a memoir written by Andy Mulvihill, whose father, Gene, founded the titular amusement park in 1978. Located in New Jersey, Action Park was known for its innovative rides with lax safety standards, and was popularly known by nicknames such as “Traction Park” and “Class Action Park”. This book tells the horrifying, fascinating story of the park from its founding to its eventual closure in 1996 following six deaths and countless personal injury lawsuits.
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Before She Knew Him by Peter Swanson
In Before She Knew Him, artist Hen and her husband Lloyd have just moved to the suburbs to get a new start after her recovery from a manic episode during which she became obsessed with the unsolved murder of a young man named Dustin Miller. When their new neighbors, Matthew and Mira, invite them over for dinner, Hen is shocked to see a trophy in Matthew’s office that was taken from the scene of Miller’s murder.
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The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
in The Hating Game, Lucy is the executive assistant to the CEO of a publishing company. When her company merges with another, the heads of both companies are kept on as co-CEOs, and Lucy is forced to start sharing an office with her counterpart Joshua. In contrast to cheerful, quirky, approachable Lucy, Joshua is an intimidating and seemingly humorless workaholic. They hate each other instantly, and before long, they’ve made a game out of trying to outdo and annoy each other.
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![Eve Dallas Mystery Series, by J D Robb book cover](/sites/default/files/styles/blog_teaser/public/content/blogs/nakedindeath-e1611356310133.jpeg?itok=H-JNdh-8)
Eve Dallas Mystery Series, by J D Robb
Most mystery readers love a good series. It’s fun to get to know a character, while secure in the knowledge that there will be more adventures after you’ve turned the last page. Few series, however, have as many titles to enjoy as J.D. Robb’s Eve Dallas Mysteries.
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Swan: Poems and prose poems by Mary Oliver
Award-winning American poet Mary Oliver was once the best-selling poet in the United States (that title now belongs to Rumi). Swan: Poems and prose poems was published in 2010, making it one of her more recent works. I don’t just recommend this particular set of poetry to people who know they enjoy poetry – this is great for anyone who is looking for a short, yet inspiring read, or anyone who has been overcome by the beauty and power of nature.
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Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade
In Spoiler Alert, Marcus, star of the fictional hit TV show Gods of the Gates, deals with his frustration with the showrunners by secretly writing and posting fanfiction about his own character. He becomes close to another fanfiction writer, April, and though he wishes he could meet her in person, he can’t tell anyone about his online alter ego without destroying his career.
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Kindred by Octavia Butler
Kindred, by classic science fiction author Octavia Butler, is a novel about a Black woman from 1970s Los Angeles who finds herself repeatedly pulled back in time to pre-Civil War Maryland, where she must save the life of her white ancestor. While there, she experiences the horrors of slavery first-hand and is forced to make difficult choices in order to stay alive and return home.
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The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Spanning decades over the lifespan of the Conroy family, Ann Patchett’s The Dutch House is a difficult, absorbing, fascinating read that was really hard to put down. Told from the perspective of younger brother, Danny, the reader is taken through Danny’s difficult childhood with his father and his stepmother. Protected and raised almost entirely by his sister Maeve, Danny graduates high school, college and eventually medical school; falls in love, gets married and has children.